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Radish mosaic virus VPg Characteristics and linkage with virion RNAs
Author(s) -
Drygin Yuri F.,
Sapotsky Michail V.,
Bogdanov Alexey A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(87)80155-2
Subject(s) - phosphodiester bond , rna , nucleotide , serine , biology , covalent bond , genome , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biochemistry , gene , enzyme , organic chemistry
Comoviruses have a bipartite RNA genome. It is suggested that a small protein, VPg, is covalently linked to both RNAs. We have found that both radish mosaic virus RNAs are linked to identical VPg molecules via a phosphodiester bond between their 5′‐terminal nucleotides and a serine residue of VPg.